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Grade 9 Modern Era
The Vietnam War took place mostly during these years
  1. 1920's -1930's
  2. 1940's
  3. 1950's
  4. 1960's-1970's
  5. 1970's-1980's
Grade 9 Modern Era
What did the Marshall Plan provide?
  1. Food and rations to the concentration camps.
  2. Aid to war-torn European countries.
  3. A military plan for the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  4. A repsonse system for public schools in case of a nuclear warfare strike.
Grade 9 Modern Era
Glasnost is
  1. the Russian word for Soviet policy of openness
  2. the Russian word for increased tension between countries
  3. the Russian word for revolution
  4. the Russian word for peace
Grade 9 Modern Era
The United States joined the Vietnam War mainly to stop
  1. the Northern Communists from taking South Vietnam.
  2. to punish China for invading Vietnam.
  3. to spread democracy and American values like freedom.
  4. to prevent Russia from aiding North Vietnam.
Grade 9 Modern Era
How far is Cuba located off the coast of the United States?
  1. 217 miles
  2. 150 miles
  3. 20 miles
  4. 90 miles
Grade 9 Modern Era
Which was NOT a side-effect of the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
  1. Additional struggle between our branches of government
  2. An erosion of the warrant requirement
  3. A new international focus for the USA
  4. Additional reasons for a constitutional amendment
Grade 9 Modern Era
Which event gave President Johnson a reason to wage war in Vietnam?
  1. The building of the Berlin Wall
  2. Pearl Harbor
  3. The Gulf of Tonkin
  4. The Geneva Accord
Grade 9 Modern Era
What did President Truman inform the Soviet Union that the United States had at the Potsdam Conference?
  1. Airplanes
  2. Underwater Radar Systems
  3. Advanced battleships
  4. Atomic Bomb
Grade 9 Modern Era
The Northern Vietnamese communist soldiers who fought a guerrilla war in South Vietnam were called
  1. Viet Rouge.
  2. Viet Cong.
  3. Saigon.
  4. Southern liberation front.
Grade 9 Modern Era
Which of the following is NOT true concerning Germany post WWI?
  1. It was seperated into 4 zones
  2. East Germany was communist
  3. France, Great Britain, and U.S. unified their zones
  4. West Germany was split in half due to communism
Grade 9 Modern Era
Name the Decade: Holocaust kills 6 million Jews
  1. 30s
  2. 40s
  3. 50s
  4. 60s
  5. 70s
  6. 80s
Grade 9 Modern Era
Who were the key players in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
  1. Cuba and US
  2. Soviet Union and US
  3. Panama, US and Cuba
  4. Soviet, US and Cuba
Grade 9 Modern Era
Why did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan?
  1. To stop Afghanistan from making nuclear missiles
  2. To restore pro-Communist regimes
  3. To retaliate on the United States
  4. Afghanistan attacked the Soviet Union first
Grade 9 Modern Era
All of the following were major events of Jimmy Carter's presidency EXCEPT...
  1. Iran takes US hostages
  2. The Vietnam War ends with the defeat of South Vietnam
  3. Israel and Egypt sign a peace deal at Camp David
  4. An oil shortage and high prices
Grade 9 Modern Era
This war ended in about the same place it started, the 38Th parallel
  1. Vietnam War
  2. Korean War
  3. Chinese Civil War
  4. Bay of Pigs
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